This lesson has been created to recognise VE Day, and to help students look at source materials to reach a value judgment. It is suitable for most ages but particularly useful for either key stage 2 or 3. It starts with information about VE day and the background to the war in the air with clips; images and statistics. It then presents the students with a wide range of source material which they have to categorise by making inferences and tabulating information. The main task is a piece of writing in the form of a newspaper report where students are judged on how effectively they communicate the conclusions they have drawn from the sources. The lesson ends with a class discussion which can be differentiated. This is an appropriate lesson for VE Day, and takes about 1 hour to complete all activities.

This is the SEVENTEENTH lesson for the EDEXCEL GCSE Super Power Relations and the Cold War which examines the consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It contains various tasks and examination practice with modeled answers necessary for success at this level. Everything is included within the power point and no text book is needed.

This resource contains 3 lessons addressing the issue of Civil Rights during the presidency of JFK and is fully resourced. They address issues such as the NAACP; Black Power and how these movements impacted on Kennedy’s Presidency. They have been created for AQA A level, but is suitable for any board and could also be used for GCSE civil rights.

This resource is ideal for teaching an introduction to President Nixon for any A Level examination board. However it was originally created for AQA Unit 2Q TheAmerican Dream. It would probably take about 2 lessons to teach if all the activities are attempted, and contains a range of question answer/writing/research activities/election map analysis suitable for extending the students. It considers why Nixon won the 1968 election, and also contains a research task on Nixon’s administration.

This wordsearch tests student recall of key facts about renaissance medicine and is useful as a starter/plenary or end of term fun revision activity for students studying medicine through time at GCSE. Students have to find the answers to 15 questions and then locate the words in a wordsearch.

This wordsearch tests student recall of key facts about medieval medicine and is useful as a starter/plenary or end of term fun revision activity for students studying medicine through time at GCSE. Students have to find the answers to 15 questions and then locate the words in a wordsearch.

This wordsearch tests student recall of key facts about INDUSTRIAL PERIOD medicine and is useful as a starter/plenary or end of term fun revision activity for students studying medicine through time at GCSE. Students have to find the answers to 15 questions and then locate the words in a wordsearch.

This resource contains 7 challenges for students studying GCSE medicine through time. The challenges are good for starter activities; plenaries or end of term fun challenges, and enable the students to have fun while revising and recalling key information. They include gap fills; wordsearches; unscrambling letters; locating key words; linking key individuals to eras etc. The challenges come complete with the answers. They could be used as 7 starters/plenaries or a whole 30 minute challenge for end of term fun.

This assembly has been created for Holocaust Memorial Day. It starts by putting into perspective the sheer number of people murdered in the genocide by focusing on the figure 6,000,000 in real terms. It then considers how intolerance; racism and prejudice escalates and eventually can lead to genocide - testimonies of survivors are used to capture this. Have we learnt from the Holocaust? No - map of genocides around the world since the Holocaust. The assembly then moves onto the theme of resistance - what happens when people don’t speak out - clip of Marin Niemoller’s poem. The assembly end with the discussion of what can happen when people do act resist with a focus on Oskar Schindler - last 5 minutes of Schindle’s list included so that students can reflect on how many lives can be saved when people bravely resist brutality. Duration: 30 minutes, but can be adapted if you don’t have this much time. Suitable for KS2 - KS5

These are the eighth and ninth lessons of a key stage 3 unit of work based on the enquiry: Was Martin Luther King the most significant individual in winning the vote for black Americans in 1965? They consider the significance of Malcom X and LBJ. The lessons are fully resourced, and other lessons are available. Duration: 2 hours Whole enquiry: 12 lessons

This is the first lesson of a unit of work on conservatism for the EDEXCEL A Level Government and Politics. It gives an overview of ideologies in general and then focuses on conservatism - human nature and society. It is fully resourced and contains activities to extend students’ sills in addition to their understanding of content. Duration: 2 hours

This is the sixteenth lesson for the Elizabeth I section for the A level unit on the Mid Tudors and Elizabeth. It analyses the causes; course and consequences of the Essex Rebellion, and the government’s attempts to deal with it. The lesson is taught through using a range of activities and key terms necessary for success at A Level. It can be taught using any A Level approved textbook, but can also be taught without as it is fully resourced and would only require access to online resources without a textbook… Duration: 2

This is the twelfth lesson for the Elizabeth I section for the A level unit on the Mid Tudors and Elizabeth. It analyses both early and late foreign policy during the reign of Elizabeth, and is the second in a 3 lesson bundle (also available) on Elizabethan foreign policy. The lesson is taught through using a range of activities and key terms necessary for success at A Level. It can be taught using any A Level approved textbook, but can also be taught without as it is fully resourced and would only require access to online resources without a textbook… Duration: 2 hours

This is the eleventh lesson for the Elizabeth I section for the A level unit on the Mid Tudors and Elizabeth. It analyses overseas trade during the reign of Elizabeth, and is the first in a 3 lesson bundle (also available) on Elizabethan foreign policy. The lesson is taught through using a range of activities and key terms necessary for success at A Level. It can be taught using any A Level approved textbook, but can also be taught without as it is fully resourced and would only require access to online resources without a textbook… Duration: 2 hours

This is the ninth lesson for the Elizabeth I section for the A level unit on the Mid Tudors and Elizabeth. It considers considers how she used her gender to control faction, and looks at her personal style through portraits. The lesson is taught through using a range of activities and key terms necessary for success at A Level. It can be taught using any A Level approved textbook, but can also be taught without as it is fully resourced. Duration: 2 hours

This is the fourth lesson for the Elizabeth I section for the A level unit on the Mid Tudors and Elizabeth. It considers the Catholic threat to her religious settlement with a specific focus on the Northern Rebellion.’ The lesson is taught through using a range of activities and key terms necessary for success at A Level, and can be taught using any A level approved textbook (although textbook not necessary for this lesson). Duration: 2 hours

This is the fifth lesson for the Elizabeth I section for the A level unit on the Mid Tudors and Elizabeth. It considers the extent to which Mary Queen of Scots was a threat to Elizabeth. The lesson is taught through using a range of activities and key terms necessary for success at A Level. It can be taught using any A level approved textbook. Duration: 2 hours